Evening Star Newspaper, February 5, 1925, Page 31

£4 HE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1925. SPORTS. 1 Magnaites Veering Toward Ban Johnson : Outlook Brightens for Boston Nationals REACTION SETS IN AMONG THE AMERICAN LEAGUERS Change in Sentiment Regarding President They Re- cently Disciplined Looms for Schedule Meet- ing in St. Louis Next Week. BY JOHN MERICAN LEAGU to go through the motions of A s from the advisory coun It is pure coincidence that this schedule meeting is to be held in the city of the one American League club head who backed Johnson to the finish and refused to sign the docu ing for St. Louis, in pursuance of his policy of rotating the event fram before the Chicago affair came to a head. i city to city But there is no doubt that since the. meeting there has been turn_of sentiment toward the League president. Expe- ced base ball men at Chicago pre- dicted that there would be a maction in favor of Johnson as agadust the men who had agreed to discipMne him and his office. That reaction now is apparent. Many fans have openly £po the opinion that the Ameri- can ague showed itself “tributary to the tional and to the commissioner of base ball at Chi and left the man who had made, the American League what it is to battle alone. No Trouble T4 Anticipated. It is not anticilested that there will be any jar at tie St. Louls meeting. Johnson's bitterest enemy, Comiskey of Chicago, Provably will not be pres- ent. And Johnson has ironed out With one (& two of the others his opinions ag to right and wrong, and there wily be no discussion of might- have-bezns when the members get to- gether. “The principal mission of the American League for some time to come, say leading base ball men, will be ¢o recover from the swat in the Ja'w it got at Chicago, after winning Ufie world series from New York in the National League. 1t Just possible that two or three will go through at St. Louis, l-ul Ih\\ will not be important trades un by some chance, Ty Cobb man- ages to emerge from the melee with that long-sought second baseman for the Tygers. I Cleveland could only trade a high-class second baseman to Detroit for gne of Detroit's first basemen, both teams might be in a better posi- tion to give the Eastern half of the league a run for the 1925 pennant. Lundix’ Findings Confirmed. The report of Assistant District At- torney Brothers holding that Jimmy O'Connell is the onl; Giants against whom crim- ction might be sustained as a result of the base ball bribery scan- day of last Fall bears out to a great tent the affirmation of President Heydler of the National League that Commissioner Landis had obtained all the evidence po ble before acting against O'Connell and Cozy Dolan. Judge Landis said no case had been made against Frisch, Kelly or Young of the Giants, all of whom O’Connell sought to implicate, and Mr. Brothers, after an investigation of the case, confirms this. So far as Dolan is concerned, Mr. Brothers finds that there is nothing in the evidence to Warrant indictment, although, like the sommissioner, he found Dolan a not entirely satisfactory witness for him- self. Judge Landis was completely dis- eatisfied with Dolan's replies to que- ries, which consisted of the repeated statement that he did not remember any of the things O'Connell said took place. This dissatisfaction perhaps was heightened by Dolan’s previous record. A player, of course, can be declared ineligibl, even if he is not convicted of a misdemeanor. The_onus of the whole affair, by Mr. Brothers' report, reverts to O'Connell, who again is made the goat of the entire incident. It is up to the district attorney to seek O'Con- nell's indictment if he wishes to do £0. As for Dolan, his future appears to rest entirely in the hands of Com- missioner Landis. (Copyright, YOUNG GIRL SWIMMER TO SEEK FOUR TITLES By the Associated Press. Aileen Riggins, youngest Olympic champion in the history of the inter- national classic, will be a competitor in four events of the international swimming championships at St. Au- gustine, Fla, next week. Miss Rig- gins has entered the 100-yard back- stroke, the pentathlon and both re- . Gertrude Ederle, another Olym- star, is entered in six contests. KING PIN BOWLERS SET GAME RECORD Duckpin records were made last ight on the King Pin drives when King Pins trounced the Anacos- in the National Capital League. In thei ird game the King Pins toppled pins, excelling by 2 pins the m: established years ago by the Belmon The King Pin set was the best rolled by a team this on and but 29 pins shy of the rict record made by the Royals in Harville led the King Pin attack with games of 121, 126 and 128, for a set of Figures on' the King Pin set follow 104 121 108 116 100 110 126 107 19— 128— 137— 333 375 852 549 NEW DUCKPIN LEAGUE. Finger print experts of the adjutant al's office have organized a pin circuit to be known as the! weakness of the youngsters. A. G. O. Identity League. KFour teams, Loops, Accidentals, Arches and Whoses, make up the circuit. . HUGGINS WANTS MERKLE. By the Associated Press, Miller Huggins, manager of the Yankees, is awaiting a verdict from George Stallings of Rochester regard- ing the acquisition of Fred Merkle, former Giant first baseman, scheduled to become a Yankee coach. MARTIN VS. TREMAINE. CLEVELAND, Ohio, February 6.— Eddie (Cannonball) Martin, bantam- weight champion, will meet Carl Tre- maine of Cleveland in a 10-round béut here February 24. Articles signed by both men provide that they weigh 120 pounds at 2 o'clock on the day of the bout. . FLOWERS TO FIGHT GANS. BOSTON, February 5.—Tiger Flow- ers, negro middleweight, of Atlanta, will meet Joe Gans of Allentown, Pa., in a 10-round bout here on Febru- ary 16, magnates will meet in St. Louis February 10 has been mapped out for 1925. they signed that remarkable document which was decreed in Chicago by the commissioner of base ball to depose their president, Ban Johnson, member of the | | We played golf or loafed in the after- B. FOSTER. approving the playing schedule which Tt will be their first meeting since ment. Johnson had called the meet- “YNON GOING TO LEAGUE MEETING AT ST. LOUIS Secretary Edward B. Eynon, jr., will represent the Washington ball club at the annual schedule meeting of the American League in §t. Louis next Tuesday. In addition to adopti playing dates for the paign, a mere formality, changes in the constitution of the circuit #re to be considered, and Eynon has been delegnted to pinch hit for President Clark Grl who i busy at Tam Flia., ducting long-range correspondence with players tardy in slgning contracts. JACK AND ESTELLE KEEP SCRIBES BUSY LOS ANGELES, February Re- portorial agitation over the marriage plans of Jack Dempsey, heavyweight ring champion, bubbled up anew when Dempsey’s motor car paused in front of Estelle Taylor's home long enough | late yesterday to permit the actress, her maid. and a heap of baggage to| be transferred from sidewalk to ton- neau After the car had vanished, the | excitement in screen and sporting circles grew by leaps and bounds,| until Jack Kearns and Teddy Hayes. manager and trainer of the champion. resps ively, revealed that Dempsey was going to San Diego to second one of his pugilistic friends in a box- ing bout. Hayes added that Demp- sey’'s mother went along too. The explanation gave investigators a chance to get their second wind, after which they took up the chase again with the remark that one doesn't usually take one’s mother and flapcee to see a secand rate fight, even if one is Interested in that sort RUETHER, IN LINE, BEGINS TRAINING AT HOT SPRINGS At Ivast ome of the 16 athletes on the roster of the world cham- plon Nationals shown by the bookxs to date to be unsigned hax ceased to be a wource of worriment for k GriMfith. He fix Walter utch”) Ruether, veteran south- tained from the Brooklyn Dodgers, whe arrived at Hot Springs, Ark., yesterday and im- mediately joined hix new team- mates, Goslin, Rice and Judge, in preliminery training stunts for the coming cnmpaign. Advicex from the Spa today were that Ruether ix in fine physical condition, and hax obtained per- mixsion to defer actually signing hix contract until he confers with president after moving Tampa. .Ruether's presence Hot. Springs ix regarded ax tontamount to an acceptance of terms. WALKER IN RING GO AT CONGRESSIONAL More than 600 members and guests of Congressional Country Club are to be entertained by Mickey Walker. world welterweight boxing champion, tonight in the palatial clubhou in the hills of Montgomery County, Md. The stocky Jersey scrapper, a guest of the club since last night, assisted by Jimmy Waterman, Mayflower sail- or, will give four-round exhibition, starting about 8 o'clock Walker arrived In Washington about 9 o'clock last night and was motored to the club, where, at a sup- per, he was introduced to local news- paper men and prominent Washington sportsmen. Accompanying Walker ere Mrs, Walker, his manager, Jo- seph Degnan; his trainer, Bill Blox- ham, and Babe Culnan, Newark box- ing promoter. The champion was to take a sight- seeing tour of the city this morning, and tomorrow plans to stage a bo: ing exhibition at Walter Reed Ho: veterans, Walker will go from here to the Paclfic coast to keep several profe: ona’ n-ngageme—m COMMITTEE IS APPOINTED Plans for the coming base son will be made by a committee ap- pointed last night at a meeting of the directors of the Washington Base Ball and Athletic Association The report of James F. O'Malley, ho attended the National Base Ball eration conference held in Pitts- burgh recently, was accepted by the local chapter. WASHINGTON COLLEGE WINS. TMINSTER, Md., February —Only exceptionally accurate shoot- ing from the 15-foot line and a spe tacular finish enabled the Washing- ton Coll auint to defeat the West- ern Maryland team last night, 21 to of thing. l often been at Hot Springs in his They left no room for doubt when gratulated me. They declared they'd me. I knew they meant it, too. We were up every morning at 7 After breakfast we went over the hills on a six or seven mile jaunt. When we returned we limbered up our arms and took the baths. By this time everyone was ready for a mnap noon. 1 don’t believe golf is good for a ball player during the playing season. His job is base ball. His mind should not be diverted by -an- other game. But as a means of re- laxation in the off season golf can hardly be improved upon. We were in bed every night at 10 o'clock. Walter Johnson was in wonderful physical condition at Hot Springs. He had been hunting most of the Winter. His legs and lungs seemed equal to almost any task. He was on the eve of starting hls eighteenth season in the American League and yet he was in far better shape than the rest of us. There can be no better argument for @ man's taking care of his body than the career of the king of the big league pitchers. Johnson acted as our hike master. He soon earned the title of “The Mountain Goat.” He set a fast pace and had most of us staggering until we got accustomed to the up-hill going. I was groggy many a time. But I kept on. I made up my mind I wouldn’t expect any player to do what I wouldn't do myself. We worked and we played together. Right there we laid the foundation for the club spirit which carried us to the top. We returned to Tampa in fine con- dition. There I issued new training rules. Big league veterans seldom need orders to keep in condition. They know what a serious - business it is getting in shape for the grind of 154 champjonship games. Now and then a youngster has to be cautioned. He may. eat too much. He may stay up too late. He may loaf too often. His ignorance alone is to blame. I took our recruits aside and pointed out what was expected of them. I Work Out a System. I believe 4 manager should cater to the youngsters on his squad. The older players can take care of thém- selves pretty well. .They are also a known quantity. Everything should be done to discover the strength and Such trouble will pay for itself many times over. Soon the squad was working well together. We had no dissension. I did my best to set an example in hustling to everybody. Before the Spring exhibition games started 1 preached that we must fight for vic- tory in every one of them. I wanted to instill the winning habit in the club. I know that when'you get off on the wrong foot you're apt to be so far out in the ocean before you realize it, you can’t get back to shore. I decided before we left Tampa how I would handle the club through the season. 1 don't know whether I copled any other manager's system or not. Certainly I had no big league leader especially in mind when I made my plans. These called for turning over details to trusted lieutenants and seeking advice from men who had been longer in the game. I knew I would need help in handling 25 or more men. I would follow the sys- tem of the head coach of a big eol- lege foot ball team. I would listen to my advisors, make the final de- cisions = myself and ' take all the responsibility. ith such men as Griffith; “John- son, Peckinpaugh, Judge, Rice and « 15. MINE BOY TO MANAGER Depicting His Meteoric Rise in Base Ball to Leadership of the World Champions. BY STANLEY (Bucky) HARRIS Chapter 32—Building a Winning Spirit. DREW up a plan of training before I left Tampa. Griffith, who had playing days, helped me work it out. “If you see the boys go through this schedule, you'll bring them back here ready for the bell,” Griffith told me when I was leaving. I confess I didn’t know how men like Johnson, Peckinpaugh, Judge, Zachary, Mogridge and Ruel would feel over my appointment as manager. I arrived. Every one of them con- be glad to work their heads off for Ruel to help me, work was made Mike Martin, the trainer, was also of great assistance. I made him responsible for the physical condi- tion of the players. He had full au- thority to do as he saw fit'in getting them ready to play ball and keeping them fit once the season got under way. He succeeded so well that we went through the pennant race with- out a serious break in the ranks of the regulars. Our victory can be laid largely to the fine condition of the men. No man or group of men can do a hard job well unless physically fit, Martin and I roomed together. He told me things about athletes that were new to me. Many a night we sat up late discussing the physical condition of one player or another. Then Mike would tell me his plans to get better results. I always told him_the job was up to him, that if he put the men on the field in good shape I would try to do the rest. T've Heard That Before. these things made for good We did well in the exhibition series. The club caught the winning habit before the campaign. We fought for everything. The players were working well' with me. I didn’t want them to feel they were working for me. Thete was no interference from Griffith. He never questioned.a de- cision T made. I was really boss of the club. It was up to me to succeed or fail. Al spirit. Base ball experts who watched us | in training camp and in exhibition games didn't think much of our pen- nant chances. We were generally rated as a second-division club, T hadn’t much confidence then that we would lead the league. But I did be- lieve we would surely finish in the first division. We-had practically the same club which had finished fourth in 1923. Anyhow, I knew we would be fighting hard all the way. You've always got a chance as long as you fight for it. When we reached Washington for the opening of the league season Frank P. Morse, a newspaperman turned banker, asked me: “How does the club look, Bucky? Got any chance” be hustling all the I answered. ‘Any one who plays us will know they’'ve been in a battle.” He smiled. “I've heard that before,” he said, “but along in midsummer Washington clubs are generally only playing the schedule out. So there you_are.” I Qidn't blame him for his views. They were shared by nearly every one. Washington had mever had a pennant winner, (Copyright, 1925.) Tomorrow: The Pennant Bee Busses. s Sl CADDIES TO BE AIDED BY BRONXVILLE CLUB By the Associated Pres: The Bronxville Country Club of New York has taken steps to prevent its caddies from growing up to be- come “loafers.’ A library gym nasfum and special accommodations | are to be provided, and the boys will be permitted to use the links-and the tennis courts at certain times during the day. They will have a three-bole course ot. their own. pital for the benefit of the disabled | ball sea- | Fifty Years A catcher, was placed at 90 fees To tell the truth, in the very early days of base ball the spectators were more fond of sitting back of third base and first base than they were of sitting behind the catcher. That was due to the fact that the curve ball had not begun to be used ef- tectively by the pitcher and there was not the same fascination In watching the ball break and twist as there has been since scientific pitch- ing has developed from curve pitch- ing. The backstop eould as well have been put at 30 feet as 90 feet, and it might even have gone to 100 feet, but when the old fellows were think- ing about what the proper, distance should be, it occurred to one of them that the backstop should be the same distance away from home plate as there is distance between bases. It is 90 feet from home to first and 90 feet from first to second, and so om, and the rule makers said it should therefore be 90 feet from home plate to the backstop, in order that the runner might have the same distance to g0 as if he were speeding around the bases. Ninety feet it has remained since, although in the parks of the large cities the backstop often is less than 90 feet from home plate, because the owners wish to economize their out- field room. Whenever it Is less than 90 feet there must be a ground rule by which the runner is entitled to a single base on a passed ball, pro- viding the ball rolls to the backstop and touches it The curve ball began to loom up after 1867, when Cummings found that he could master it, and then the science of pitching changed com- pletely and the pitcher became greater individual factor in the game than ever he had been before. The RATED AT 10 GOALS NEW YORK, February 5.—Milburn, Hitchcock, Webb and Stevenson— these names stand together at the head of the polo celebrities of the United States The handicap list for the year, an- nounced by the United States Polo Association, places the four regulars who defended the international chal- lenge cup against Great Britain's horsemen last Fall at Meadow Brook in a group at the top, each carrying the maximum handicap rating of 10 goals. Devereux Milburn, the veteran lead- er of America’s international forces for more than a decade, and Tommy Hitchoock, the youthful veteran and aptain of the American Olympic four last vear, already occupied the lofty position ‘with the maximum rating. The other two, J. Watson Webb, the spectacular left-hander, and Malcolm Stevenson, who played No. 3 on the American four of 1924 until he was injured, are promoted one goal each. The 10 leading players follow: Name and club. Handicap. Thomas Hitcheock, jr.. Aiken Devereux Milburn, Meadow By Malcolm Stevenson, Rockaway Hunti J. Watson Webb, Meadow Brook. Harry East. Riverside. Louis E. Stoddard, Meadow Brook. .. Robert E. Strawbridge, Bryn Mawr. —— SOCCERISTS START TOUR. BUENOS AIRES, February 5.—An Argentine soccer foot ball team, com. posed of some of the country’s best players, has sailed for a four-month playing tour of Spain, France and Italy. The management also Is hope- ful of arranging games in England. The team will return home by way of the United States. BRITONS IN U. S. MEETS. ITHACA, N. Y. February 5 A joint invitation extended to Oxford and Cambridge, English universities, by Yale, Harvard, Princeton and Cornell to ‘participate in two dual track meets in this country next Summer has been accepted. The tentative dates chosen are on succes- sive Saturdays, July 4 and 11 NAVY ROUTS TARHEELS. ANNAPOLIS, February 5.—Jumping into the lead at the opening whistle, the Navy basket ball quint had little trouble submerging the North Caro- lina five yesterday. tie Middies scor- ing 39 points, wnile the visitors col- lected 20. After being on the road for some time, the Southerners appeared to be in poor physical condition. . YALE TOPS GRID LIST. By the Associated Press. Yale has placed 84 men on Walter Camp's all-American foot ball teams, Harvard is second with 74, Princeton third with 55, and . Pennsylvania fourth with 38. The remainder of his selections have been distributed among 29 other colleges. TROUSERS To Match Your Odd Coats EISEMAN'S, 7th & F MR. MOTORIST EBONITE is a quality gear lubricant, and is worth de- manding. Do not permit any dealer to switch you with * that so-called “just-as-good- product”. because his profit may be greater. Demand EBONITE — No other lubricant can perform like it. One filling of the ien boxes will last all sea- B-y with your mind made up. Dem-nd EBONITE. EBONITE ITS SHREDDED oL "nR TRANEMICCINNG A X 4, of Base Bdll One of a Series of Articles by John B. Foster Commemorating the Fiftieth Anniversary of the National League This Year. LVI—CHANGES IN THE RULES—BACKSTOP AT % FEET. S long ago“as 1876 the backstop, which is the barrier behind the t from home plate, and there was a reason for making it 90 feet, which many never have known. There was more room in the old days to play base ball in the large cities than here is now. Grandstands were small affairs, and they could be built :lmost anywhere so they were well away from the diamond. other day Fred Goldsmith, who was an old Chicago pitcher of a fham- pionship team, stated that he could pitch the curve before Cummings is aimed to have discovered it. Very likely he could. i.nquestionably many pitchers could pitch, or rather throw, a curve ball before 1867, but there is no doubt that Cummings was the first pitcher to utilize: it, because he practiced with it until he had con- trol of it. That is why he is given credit for the “discovery” of the curve. Side arm and so called pitching were legali in 1883 The old v the ball from below t Eive way e curve |In 1853 the National L. la pitcher to throw the throw was limited to the the shoulder. In the same National League abolished out on first bound catch. That move put an end to fome of the most spectacular plays that were made by the professionals. The swifter outflelders often sprinted from their positions far beyond the foul line and made excellent first bound catches of fouls, but these plays were considered to have been outgrown and as long as the third strike could no longer be caught out of the first bound, the league made a clean sweep from the rules of all of the first-bound plays. The boys of those days did not like it a bit and for many years after the foul out on bound was legislated out of the rules, the play still was permitted in the Mid-West and in the games on the prairies, where they liked to take them on the bound. (Copyeight, 1025.) pitching underhand ed by the league of throwing knce had to forced out cue permitted bal the foul Next—When really pitching. was —————— T0 PLAN FOR BASE BALL|FOUR POLO PLAYERS THREE GOLFERS TIE HOT SPRIN Ark., February 5.— The closing 36 holes of the South Central open golf tournament here today found only about one-half of the 100 golfers entered with a chance to get in the money. In the first aw, but the course of the Springs Country Club conquered many instances. Hot ment left John Black, Wichita, Kan.; Harry Cooper, Dallas, Tex.. and Al Watrous, Grand Rapids, Mich., pro- fessionals, tied for first place with 143. MacDonald Smith, San Francisco; John Golden, Paterson, J., and George Christ, Rochester, N. Y., fol- lowed within four strokes of the leaders. Black, in establishing a new course record of 68 yesterday afternoon ne- gotiated six birdies, glving him nine for the day. Cooper also rang up nine birdies and Watrous and Golden were credited with eight each. Smith had two eagles to add to a collection of five birdies and Christ accounted for one eagle and six birdies. Crack amateurs ‘found the going rough, but Charles J. Hardy, jr., of New Orleans and Charles Cullum of Hot Springs retained a good chance to finish among the prize winners. “KID MUSHER” WINS 204-MILE DOG RACE THE PAS, Manitoba, February 5.— “The kid musher,” Emile St. God- dard, won the 204 mile non-stop dog race of The Pas Derby Association by a wide margin. The 1S-year-old Fyench-Canadian youth brought his dogs across the goal line at 9:45 o'clock last night, covering the new course over the Hudson Bay Rallway to Herb Lake Village and return in 35 hours and 28 minutes. St. Goddard took the lead shortly after the race started Tuesday morn- ing and maintained a speed of eight miles an hour, except toward the end, when he had a good lead. The youthful driver showed re- markable physical endurance and that, coupled with the staying powers of his dogs, brought him a victory and $1,200 cash prize. - Games similar to foet ball were played by the ancient Greeks and Rorn-na m‘mmm At the Sign of the Moon ‘Wonder What Merts Wil Say Today? Clese Daily at 4 P. M. Established 1893 Reductions On Entire Stock Prior to Inventory Suit or Overcoat “Tailored for You” . 11820 $ 00 e W $30 . to $60 Mertz & Mertz Co. TAILORS 906 F Street FOR TOURNEY LEAD | in | The half-way mark in the tourna- | HAGEN OUTCLASSES WALKER, 17 AND 15 ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., February By scoring the most overwhe'm- Ing victory ever recorded in a match of its kind, Walter Hagen, Rochester homebred, yesterday became the un- official “world golf chagapion” when he defeated Cyril WallF of Engle- wood. N. J.. American open champion. by 17 and 15. The match was started last Sundav on the Miami links when the British open champion established a lead of 11 up. and the concluding half of the 72-hole test was completed here vesterday. Walker never had a chance to re- cover the ground he had lost in the first half of the match. The Ameri- can champion was plaving quite a< poorly yesterday as he was in the first half of the match. Although Walker had 80 for his first 18 holes, Hagen was umable to clinch the victory in the third round. Hagen himself had 4 for the 18 holes, but he seemed to prolong the match, on scasfons coneeding putts to The match came to a close on the third green of the afternoon, or the fif venth hole of the contest, Hagen registered a par 5, while Wa'ker was vainly trying to extricate himself from a sand pit. Walker was credited with a 6 at this hole, although he was still short of the green after four strokes in the sand. Hagen increased his margin to 12 up early in the morning when he won the second hole after the first had been halved in 6s. Hagen's 6 was good for another victory at the third, but the fourth was halved in 3s and the British open champion thereupon started to play a better hrand of go'f. although Walker took the fifth. As it was, Walker won only 3 of the 21 holes played yesterday. Hagen scored the only birdle of the day at the twelfth hole yesterday morn- ing when he registered a 2 for the short hole to Walker's 3. The cards: MORNING ROUND, Walker. . AFTERNOON ROUN Out— Hagen. 443 Walker. .. 536 The cards for the first played last Sunday, follow: MORNING ROUND. $442 Out— Hagen Walker. ! In— | Hagen..... | Walker. 26 | holes yesterday a confident crowd of | professionals and amateurs came and | While no attempt has been made to preserve records for golf matches such as that between Hagen and Walker, which was finished vester- day, the victory of the British open champion over the American open titleholder is said, by golf statis- ticians, to be a world record. No one could recall any 72-hole match which ended with the margin of difference =0 wide ax the Hagen- Walker match, especially a match between two professionals of sup- posedly equal caliber. Throughout the entire 57 holes, Walker succeeded in winning only 7 and he halved only 25. He tied Hagen on 17 holes dur- ing the first half, at the finish of which Hagen stood 11 up, and won 4. Yesterday Walker halved only 8 and won but 3. TRADE IS A PUZZLE. By the Associated Press. Chicago will have first opportunity to decide who gained by the greatest base ball trade of the Winter when the Cubs meet the Pirates in the Windy City Park in the opening game of the season. Many base ball men argue that the acquisition of Maran- ville, Grimm and Cooper by the Chicagoans was a master stroke, as- suring many years of expert service. By the Associated Press. B OSTON the team there. Most promising of the new players is Jimmy Welsh, an outfielder obtain- ed from Seattle in the Pacific Coast League, for players and cash sald to amount to $50.000. Welsh, a big, fast voungster, hit for .342 in 164 games last season. Other rookie outfielders are Edwin Sperber, let out to Shreve- port, La., last year and recalled at the end of the season; Herbert Thomas, purchesed from Daytona in the Flor- ida League, who reported in the Fall and showed promise as a lead-off man; Francés Wilson, star of the Bos- ton College outfield last year, who Joined the team after the Holy Cross game in June and worked his way into the regular line-up by the end of the season. Lixt of Flychasers. Davis Harris, from Greensboro, S. C. also will be given a tryout. Billy Cunningham and Casey Stengel, ob- tained in the trade last year that sent Billy Southworth to the Giants; Les- lie Mann, traded from Cincinnati; August Felix and Ray Powell are the men looked to for regular outfield service. Among the new pitchers, William Vargus, a former southpaw member of the Boston College team, is consid- ered by Dick Rudolph, pitching coach, as one of the team’s best .prospects. Joseph Ogrodowski, sent to the Braves by the same man who recom- mended Joe Genewich, was a semi-pro |star in Elmira, N. Y. last season. Ignatius Muich, a 6-footer weighing 180 pounds, showed promise in the few games he finished after reporting late in the season from Dover, Del., in the Eastern Shore League. Edwin Van Brunt, a semi-pro from East Orange, J. and George Harts- grove, who pitched in Maine last Sum. mer, will be given tryouts. The regulars on the pitching staff | are Jesse Barnes, Larry Benton, Jo- seph Genewich, Timothy McNamara, has entirely recovered from an oper- | ation that forced him to leave the team last Ma: Lucas and Tke Kamp saw some serv- | ice last season. southpaw, who finished the season with Worcester in the Eastern League after recovering from an operation for appendictis M John Cooney and Rube Marquard, who | | { | Kyle Graham, Fred | Toledo Joseph Batchelder, | Jonnard BANCROFT HAS PROMISING ROOKIES FOR THE BRAVES Hub Manager Will Take Advance Guard to St. Peters- burg, Fla., On February 20, for Opening of the Spring Training Season. February 5—With a roster of likely looking recruits and with his regulars reporting themselves now in fine condition and free from the injuries and ailments that last year decimated the team, Manager Dave Bancroft of the Boston Braves will take the advance guard of his base ball squad, 16 pitcners and catchers, to St. Petersburg, Fla, on February 20 for the opening of the Spring training season. remainder of the squad will report on March president of the club, and Emil Fuchs, vice president, are expected to visit The Mathewson, Christy him a place on the Braves' staff last Spring, will go South again. The Braves will depend on the regulars, George O'Neill and Frank Gibson, most of the catching. Edward Phillips, Boston College catcher in 1923; Edward Cousineau, recalled from Worcester; Fred Schill- er, from Hutchinson, Kans, and Oscar Siemer, will be given try- outs. Among the new infield prospects are Morris Burrus, a hard-hitting first eman from Atlanta; Hunter Lane, shortstop, recalled from Pitts- field in the Eastern League; Harry Snyder, from the Rocky Mountain League, and William Marriott, who starred for Mobile last season Of the regular infield of last year, Meln will be on first. Manager Bancroft at shortstop, with Ernest Padgett and Bob Smith, alternating at third. Bancroft is again well after a serlous operation, made necessary by an early season injury, that kept him out of the game for the greater part of the Year. Jim Tierney, veteran second sack- er, has been traded to Brooklyn for Outfielder Bernie Nels, leaving a new gap to fill at the keystone post 2 HORSE LOS5 IS $40,000. NEW ORLEANS, La. February 5 Seven and possibly eight horses were burned in a fire which last night razed two barns at the Fair Grounds race track here, a re check showed The loss was estimated at $40.000. 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